When a person sits on the aisle-side of two empty seats, it can mean one of two things:
1) I'm getting out soon.
2) I don't want a seat buddy.
When the train is crowded, neither of these things matters, and people will usually do the obligatory scoot. On the train last night, however, I saw a young man in a trench coat sitting in the aisle seat with his leather briefcase on the window seat. I asked him if I could sit, and he hastily rose to let me in, only he never sat back down. I read the same paragraph over and over, not understanding anything, wondering about the man's sudden preference for standing.
1) I'm getting out soon.
2) I don't want a seat buddy.
When the train is crowded, neither of these things matters, and people will usually do the obligatory scoot. On the train last night, however, I saw a young man in a trench coat sitting in the aisle seat with his leather briefcase on the window seat. I asked him if I could sit, and he hastily rose to let me in, only he never sat back down. I read the same paragraph over and over, not understanding anything, wondering about the man's sudden preference for standing.
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